New role for David Petraeus: Professor

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David Petraeus resigned from the Central Intelligence Agency in November.

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David Petraeus will lead an economic seminar at Macaulay Honors College in New York

Petraeus will assume the role of visiting professor at the college in August

He resigned in November 2012 as director of the Central Intelligence Agency

His resignation followed an admission of an affair with his biographer

David Petraeus, who resigned as director of the Central Intelligence Agency after the revelation of an extramarital affair, has been named a visiting professor at Macaulay Honors College at the City University of New York, the school's chancellor said Tuesday.

Petraeus will assume the position in August, Matthew Goldstein, the chancellor, said. The university did not provide specifics about what Petraeus would be teaching.

In a statement, the retired Army general indicated he will lead an economic seminar.

"I look forward to leading a seminar at Macaulay that examines the developments that could position the United States -- and our North American partners -- to lead the world out of the current global economic slowdown," he said.